Morris tennis team has successful weekend

Published: Monday, April 7, 2014 9:25 p.m. CDT

By: No Byline

The Morris boys tennis team boasted some successes at the St. Bede Tournament this past weekend. Mark Kijowski was second overall in singles action, and the doubles team of Matt Borgstrom and Chris Chaidez were third.

At the South Elgin Junior Varsity Tournament, the Morris duo of Hernan Gueteirez and Cole Thomas were first in doubles play, while Josh Mikula and Brian Halderson were third. In singles play, Ryan Ascherman was second.

SOFTBALL

Plainfield East 4, Morris 1: The Redskins were limited to three hits in absorbing their first loss of the season on Saturday. Taya Torkelson, Alex Cook and Kellen Bernickus had the hits for Morris.

Abby Burns was the losing pitcher allowing one earned run in seven innings.

At the frosh-soph/junior varsity level, Morris beat Wilmington, 9-3, behind the pitching of Melissa Benson, and on Saturday, the Redskins defeated East, 15-5, behind the pitching of Taylor Waters.

Against Wilmington, Janelle Brehm had two hits, including a double and Amanda Jenkins added two hits and a double, as well.

Against East, Brehm and Benson and Ryan Friend had three hits each. Corrine day, Jenkins, Waters and Amy Waldron had two hits each.

In the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, Morris won, 11-7, behind the pitching of Benson with relief help from Karil Guistat and Allison Kukman. Day, Jenkins and Friend had three hits each for the younger Redskins.

Minooka 5, Providence 4: In the consolation finals of the Providence Invitational, Marissa Burns was 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the Indians with two RBIs. Alyssa Hajduk also had two hits and two RBI.

Alexa Zito was the winning pitcher allowed six hits.

In an earlier game, Minooka beat JCA, 6-5, in eight innings with Megan Quirk getting the pitching victory. At the plate for the Indians, Geri Westerhoff was 3-for-4 and Lauryn Lewis was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.